Parable of the Sower Day: 2024-07-20 | Chris Aldrich

Today is the chronological first diary entry in Octavia Butler's 1993 book The Parable of the Sower. It's particularly poignant for me as parallels in the book mirror portions of my life. I've just turned 50, my daughter is 13, I live in Altadena, CA, near the neighborhood where Octavia Butler grew up and in